Recaps

Kushina, Miroku, and the returning Obito, Kakashi, and Naruto confronted Liao Wu, who absorbed their attacks and then turned toward the tailed beasts. As the tailed beasts tried to flee, Liao Wu charged the Five-Tails.

• Kushina and Miroku failed to catch Liao Wu, who taunted Kushina while evading her attacks with time-space techniques.
• Obito, Kakashi, and Naruto returned from Sunagakure and attacked Liao Wu, but he absorbed Raikiri and Rasengan with the Preta Path.
• Kushina knocked Liao Wu away, and Obito released Kakashi, Naruto, and Pakura from Kamui Space; Kushina reunited with her future son, Naruto.
• Miroku learned Naruto was Kushina's son from the future, while the chapter explained that a Miko's prophecies revealed the deaths of people nearby.
• Liao Wu went after the tailed beasts, prompting Minato to teleport the Eight-Tails away as the Four-Tails and Six-Tails fought Shukaku.
• The Four-Tails and Six-Tails tried to flee Liao Wu, but the Five-Tails intervened and Liao Wu charged at him.

Liao Wu controlled Five-Tails and used him as a mount while fighting Kushina and the other ninja, who tried to protect the tailed beasts. Below the Leaf Village, civilians blamed the Uchiha Clan for the battle and shouted for them to leave.

• Liao Wu used Yachihoko to enslave Five-Tails, prompting the other tailed beasts and the ninja to scatter and rally around the remaining beasts.
• Ōnoki failed to call Five-Tails back, while the Fourth Raikage warned him about the Amber Purifying Pot that Candy held.
• Candy tried to use the pot against the Fourth Raikage, but he avoided being sealed by pointing out that A was only a codename.
• Liao Wu joined Susanoo with Five-Tails and fought Kushina, escaping her chains with Time Stop as Orochimaru wondered why Liao Wu was not using his full strength.
• Below the village, Tsume, Mikoto, Hana, Izumi, and Hazuki sheltered with civilians, who blamed the Uchiha Clan and demanded that they leave the Leaf Village.

As Konoha faced Liao Wu’s attack, villagers and ninja took shelter underground while tensions flared between the Uchiha Police Department and the Senju Clan. Izumi worried about Itachi and spotted Kakuzu among the evacuees, while Izuna remained under Anbu surveillance in Uchiha territory.

• The Uchiha Police Department beat villagers who insulted the Uchiha, prompting the Senju Clan to publicly denounce them.
• Hazuki reassured Izumi that Kushina and Minato would protect Konoha, while Claw vented her frustration on Kuromaru and Hana soothed her.
• Hana let Izumi pet the eldest of the Haimaru Brothers, and Izumi said she preferred cats despite the village’s suspicion of cats aligned with Liao Wu.
• Izumi asked why Itachi was on the battlefield, and Hana worried that their classmate was too young to face such danger.
• Izumi noticed Kakuzu escorting sacks of Ninja Sect property and learned that he was the sect’s financial advisor, controlled by Tobirama’s mark.
• Izuna stayed in his house in Uchiha territory while Tobirama assigned two Anbu to watch him, and Izuna retained Susanoo even without the Mangekyo.

Black Zetsu tried to recruit the blind, chakra-sealed Izuna while Liao Wu fought Kushina beneath the full moon and prepared to use the Little Divine Tree. Tobirama arrived with Hashirama resurrected through Impure World Reincarnation as Liao Wu’s plan remained unclear.

• Izuna refused ordinary replacement eyes and asked the guards to release his seal, but two Anbu refused.
• Black Zetsu incapacitated the Anbu and urged Izuna to cooperate to free Madara’s soul from the Shinigami’s stomach.
• Liao Wu declared that the full moon meant victory and sent Majestic Attire Kokuō into the sky as he fought Kushina.
• Kushina and the Meow Six Paths clashed in the air, and her Shinra Tensei defeated Fish Ball and Laicai’s flying Yatagarasu.
• Black Zetsu saw the Little Divine Tree’s flower bud align with the full moon and wondered whether Liao Wu meant to become the Ten-Tails’ jinchūriki.
• Tobirama arrived on a Wood Dragon with Hashirama, whom he had brought back through Impure World Reincarnation.

Hashirama returned to defend Konoha and confronted Tobirama over bringing the dead back to fight, while Liao Wu entered the Hakimi Sect barrier and revealed the threat of a Ten-Tails-like Divine Tree. Hashirama and Tobirama broke through the barrier and discovered Liao Wu had used Yachihoko to control the Ninja Sect guards.

• Naruto recognized Hashirama as his great-grandfather after Kushina explained her connection to Lady Mito Uzumaki.
• Liao Wu accused Tobirama of disturbing Hashirama's rest, and Hashirama scolded Tobirama for making the dead solve the living's problems.
• Hashirama reflected on Konoha's purpose and questioned why war continued despite the Five Great Shinobi Villages uniting.
• Liao Wu passed through the Hakimi Sect barrier, where Hashirama sensed a Ten-Tails-like Divine Tree that was draining natural energy.
• Hashirama destroyed the barrier with a Truth-Seeking Orb, and he and Tobirama found Ninja Sect guards attacking them.
• Tobirama explained that Liao Wu controlled the guards with Yachihoko and identified his two dōjutsu as Time Stop and Yachihoko.

Hashirama and Tobirama tried to stop Liao Wu from becoming the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, while Kushina and Naruto attacked him with Rasenshuriken. Liao Wu survived and emerged transformed, radiating the power of a godlike being.

• Tobirama suspected Liao Wu had taken the Yachihoko dojutsu from Nameless, while Hashirama headed toward the Divine Tree to destroy it.
• Fish Ball threatened Hashirama with the controlled Tsunade, and Liao Wu sealed the Waterfall Tree inside himself as Tobirama's attack was absorbed by Candy.
• The Meow Six Paths and their allies battled Hashirama's forces while Kushina and Naruto launched enormous Rasenshuriken at Liao Wu.
• Kushina believed the attack had destroyed Liao Wu, but Nine-Tails sensed his malice as a powerful shock wave cleared the dust.
• Liao Wu emerged alive with pale skin, horns, a black sage's staff, and immense natural and six paths power.

After reaching Six Paths Mode, Liao Wu proved his humanity remained intact and prepared to cast Marking Tsukuyomi through the moon. Hashirama and Tobirama realized he was attempting something dangerous, and Hashirama attacked him in the sky.

• Candy tested Liao Wu's humanity with magazines and Cai Lai's transformation, and Liao Wu finally admitted he was still himself.
• Candy urged Liao Wu to cast Marking Tsukuyomi, and he flew toward the moon after sealing the Waterfall Tree inside his body.
• Tobirama warned Hashirama to stop Liao Wu, while Tsunade seized Fish Ball and threatened to neuter him for his past misdeeds.
• Hashirama attacked Liao Wu with a Truth-Seeking Orb and a Wood Dragon, demanding to know whether he planned to revive Kaguya.
• Liao Wu stopped time, kicked Hashirama away, and continued preparing his technique.

Liao Wu gathered Chakra from those marked by Yachihoko and used the moon to cast Marking Tsukuyomi, aiming to control the ninja of the Five Great Shinobi Nations. As the blood moon formed Hikari's Mangekyo pattern, Tobirama, the Ninja Sect, and Black Zetsu realized the technique was underway, but Black Zetsu lacked the power to stop him.

• Kushina and Miroku attacked Liao Wu with priestess chains, but his Truth-Seeking Orbs blocked them.
• Liao Wu activated the Yachihoko Mark and forced the marked Tailed Beasts and others to send him their Chakra.
• Tobirama seized Fish Ball and learned that Liao Wu planned to use the moon to cast Marking Tsukuyomi over humanity.
• Liao Wu completed his preparations, and the moon turned blood-red before displaying Hikari's Mangekyo pattern.
• The Ninja Sect recognized that Liao Wu intended to control the world's ninja, while Black Zetsu distinguished Marking Tsukuyomi from Infinite Tsukuyomi and failed to find a way to stop him.

Obito pulled Kakashi, Minato, and Jiraiya into Kamui Space to escape Ryobu’s moonlit illusion, while Hikari, Pakura, and Yugito saw the blood moon appear over Rōran. Yugito and Matatabi realized Ryobu was using Hikari’s Yachihoko dojutsu to control the world.

• Kakashi urged Obito to find a way to escape Ryobu’s illusion, and Obito took Kakashi, Minato, and Jiraiya into Kamui Space.
• Yugito defeated Pakura in their sparring match and mocked her for betraying the Sand Village.
• Pakura threatened that Ryobu would make Yugito submit, and Yugito angrily retorted that Pakura had betrayed her former village.
• Hikari sensed a resonance with Ryobu’s eye and recognized her Mangekyo pattern appearing on the blood moon.
• Sara asked Pakura why the moon had turned red, while officials reassured Rōran’s residents.
• Matatabi told Yugito that Ryobu had drained its chakra, and Yugito concluded that he intended to control the world using Hikari’s Yachihoko dojutsu.

Kaguya, Xian Dou, and Kui recognized that Liao Wu’s Marking Tsukuyomi threatened to enslave the Ninja World, but Hamura intervened through the Giant Tenseigan and severed Liao Wu’s connection to the moon. Liao Wu’s plan was halted, and Hashirama revealed that the Sage of Six Paths and Hamura were guardians of the Ninja World.

• Kaguya realized Liao Wu was using the moon to cast Marking Tsukuyomi and wondered whether Hagoromo and Hamura would help stop him.
• Xian Dou and Kui considered attacking Liao Wu with the Giant Tenseigan but hesitated because its power could destroy the Leaf Village and they were unsure it could defeat him.
• Liao Wu overpowered Hashirama and prepared to use Yachihoko to control Kushina and Miroku as his dojutsu connected with the moon.
• Hamura appeared beside the Giant Tenseigan and used his staff to restore the moon’s silver light, severing Liao Wu’s connection and stopping Marking Tsukuyomi.
• Liao Wu raged at the moon while Tobirama and the others realized they had been saved, and Hashirama told Liao Wu that Hamura and the Sage of Six Paths guarded the Ninja World.

Hamura used the Giant Tenseigan to sever Liao Wu’s connection to the moon and stop his Moon Eye Plan. After meeting the last surviving members of his lunar descendants, Hamura left them to reconsider their family’s beliefs, while Xian Dou and Kui resolved not to pass their branch family’s hostility toward Earth on to Toneri.

• Hamura severed Liao Wu’s connection to the moon and dispelled Marking Tsukuyomi at the Sage of Six Paths’ request.
• Xian Dou and Kui brought Toneri before Hamura, who saw that all three had empty eye sockets and that only a handful of descendants remained on the moon.
• Hamura reflected on how the branch family had misinterpreted his instructions and turned its frustration with life on the moon into a desire to take over Earth.
• Hamura recognized that Xian Dou and Kui had begun to understand the importance of family, then merged into the Giant Tenseigan and disappeared.
• Xian Dou and Kui concluded that their branch family had misunderstood Hamura’s intentions and decided not to pass its belief in destroying Earth on to Toneri.

Liao Wu demanded to become the Daimyo of the Land of Fire and threatened to drop the Hakimi Sect onto Konoha when the Ninja Sect refused. He suddenly vanished toward Konoha’s Underground Evacuation point, leaving the others to fear for the villagers.

• Hashirama, Tobirama, Kushina, and other masters confronted Liao Wu at the Hakimi Sect while Candy and Fried Rice helped replenish his Chakra.
• Tsunade offered Liao Wu the Daimyo’s enfeoffment deal, but he rejected it and demanded that the Daimyo step down so he could take the position.
• Tobirama threatened Liao Wu by seizing Fish Ball, while Hashirama and Kushina prepared to counter his Rinnegan techniques.
• Liao Wu made the Senju Great Buddha lift the Hakimi Sect and threatened to crash the island onto Konoha unless his conditions were accepted.
• Liao Wu used Kunado God to transfer to Konoha’s Underground Evacuation point, and Fish Ball warned that the villagers could be held hostage.

Liao Wu attacked Leaf Village’s underground evacuation point, using his Rinnegan to control villagers and ninjas while sparing Mikoto and those near her. The chapter ended with Liao Wu and the Senju brothers threatening each other with hostages: Leaf’s people on one side and captured Ninja Cats on the other.

• Liao Wu invaded the evacuation point, used Stone Snakes to bind the villagers, and controlled ninjas with his Rinnegan’s Yachihoko while extracting their Chakra.
• Mikoto saw her brother, but Claw stopped her from approaching him; Liao Wu marked Mikoto and her companions without controlling their wills.
• Might Guy opened several of the Eight Gates to fight Liao Wu, who then controlled him and Ebisu’s group and absorbed the Chakra released by Might Guy.
• Tobirama and Hashirama arrived, and Liao Wu threatened to make the controlled villagers and ninjas kill themselves unless the Ninja Sect met his demands.
• Tobirama revealed that Minato’s group had captured Liao Wu’s Ninja Cats, and the two sides faced off with hostages, including Fish Ball among the captured cats.

The Five Great Nations negotiated a fief for Liao Wu to keep him from destroying the Ninja Sect, and he accepted territory in the Land of Wind, the Land of Rain, the Land of Rivers, and a fertile prefecture. The peace agreement eased tensions, but Liao Wu refused to return the Tailed Beasts he had claimed.

• The daimyo and ministers rejected giving Liao Wu the small nations between the great powers and instead pressured the Daimyo of the Land of Wind to cede territory.
• The Daimyo of the Land of Wind agreed to cede land if Uchiha Ryobu acknowledged the Land of Wind as his suzerain state and protected it.
• Liao Wu sensed the Six Paths Sage watching him, promised to stop making trouble, and felt the threatening gaze disappear.
• Jiraiya offered Liao Wu half of the Land of Wind and the Land of Rain, and negotiations added the Land of Rivers and a fertile prefecture.
• Liao Wu and Kushina signed a peace agreement, but Liao Wu refused to return Yugito, the Two-Tails, the Three-Tails, or the Five-Tails.
• Liao Wu released the ninjas he had controlled with Yachihoko and removed the technique from them.

After Liao Wu and Kushina ended their conflict with a peace agreement, Hashirama prepared to return to the Pure Land while Tobirama asked him to watch over Liao Wu until he left the Leaf Village. Tsunade reunited with her grandfathers, while Izuna agreed to cooperate with Black Zetsu to gain power.

• Liao Wu and Kushina declared themselves family after the Ninja Sect released his Ninja Cats, and the cats demanded that Tobirama recognize their Hakimi Sect as superior.
• Black Zetsu regretted that Liao Wu had made peace, while Izuna chose to cooperate with him so he could gain power and save his Big Brother.
• Hashirama told Tobirama he would not resurrect, and Tobirama asked him to keep watching Liao Wu until he left the Leaf Village.
• Hashirama revealed that the Six Paths Sage had warned Liao Wu, shocking Tobirama with the news that the Sage still lived as a guardian of the Pure Land.
• Tsunade joined Hashirama and Tobirama, and she and Hashirama laughed together before discussing her gambling.

Liao Wu wandered through Leaf Village and returned to Ichiraku Ramen, where his familiar meal eased the tension between him and the shopkeepers. After he announced that Ayame could be his little wife, Obito told Kushina, who set out with Naruto to confront him.

• Liao Wu walked through Leaf Village while Obito and Kakashi secretly followed and wondered why he had returned.
• Liao Wu entered Ichiraku Ramen and ordered his usual tonkotsu soy sauce ramen without scallions, frightening Ayame and Uncle Ichiraku.
• Liao Wu ate the ramen, praised its familiar taste, then jokingly declared that Ayame could be his little wife.
• Obito told Kushina that Liao Wu was trying to take Ayame, and Kushina and Naruto angrily headed to confront him.

Liao Wu visited the Ninja Academy with Itachi, then learned that Izuna was being kept under house arrest by the Uchiha Clan. He went to confront Izuna, who was secretly free of his chakra seal and waiting for a chance to obtain Sharingan and undo the Shinigami’s seal.

• Liao Wu accepted Itachi’s invitation to tour the Ninja Academy and sarcastically offered to arrange for Itachi to marry into the Senju Clan.
• Itachi told Liao Wu that Izuna had been revived but was held under house arrest because the clan feared he would attack the Leaf Village.
• Liao Wu asked Itachi to take him to Izuna, then used an illusion technique to learn Izuna’s location and rushed there.
• Izuna sat outside his residence, secretly free of the seal on his chakra, while waiting to find Sharingan and a way to undo the Shinigami’s seal.

Black Zetsu secretly recruited Izuna as a spy while keeping his chakra apparently sealed, but Liao Wu arrived and confronted the resentful Uchiha elder. Their meeting ended in insults as Itachi watched and served tea.

• Black Zetsu used Yin Yang Release to conceal Izuna's chakra and made the two Anbu believe Izuna remained obedient.
• Liao Wu appeared at Izuna's courtyard, overwhelming the two Anbu with his presence as he walked in to see Izuna.
• Izuna threw tea at Liao Wu, but Liao Wu reversed the action and explained that he had resurrected Madara.
• Itachi moved closer to serve tea while Izuna accused Liao Wu and Itachi of betraying the Uchiha Clan.
• Liao Wu called Izuna a mad dog, and the two argued over which of them should be called Grandfather.

Izuna rejected Liao Wu’s demand to call him Grandfather, while Kushina and Naruto visited Teuchi and Ayame at Ichiraku Ramen. The meal gave Naruto a sense of connection to his own time, but he decided he still had to return to the future.

• Izuna shut himself in his room after arguing with Liao Wu, and Itachi pulled Liao Wu away from the Uchiha compound.
• Kushina and Naruto hurried to Ichiraku Ramen, where Teuchi assured Kushina that Liao Wu had only been joking with Ayame.
• Naruto told Kushina how Teuchi and Ayame’s ramen had comforted him when the villagers mistreated him, and Kushina promised to protect their shop.
• Naruto ate Teuchi’s chashu ramen and felt anchored to his own era, while Ayame wondered why he seemed so familiar with the shop.
• Kushina offered to give Naruto a new identity in the Leaf Village, but Naruto said he had to return to his friends.

Liao Wu left Mikoto with a Sage Mode spore for protection, then killed an Anbu who proposed kidnapping her and warned the Ninja Sect not to harm her. After Hashirama departed, Liao Wu abducted Tsunade, while Danzo discussed his diminished influence within Root and blamed the Third Hokage for failing to confront the Uchiha.

• Liao Wu gave Mikoto a Sage Mode spore to protect her and promised to return after her child was born.
• An Anbu suggested kidnapping Mikoto, so Liao Wu struck him with lightning and warned that harming her would restart the war.
• Hashirama left after urging Tsunade to stay away from Liao Wu, while Tobirama privately resolved to rely on him again if needed.
• Liao Wu used Time Stop to slap Tobirama, seized Tsunade, and declared that she was his wife before taking her away.
• Danzo admitted to Ryoma Aburame that he had been too afraid to confront Liao Wu and blamed the Third Hokage for avoiding disputes with the Uchiha.

Danzo agreed to meet Shinnō after learning that the Uchiha might support Uchiha Ryobu, while Liao Wu expanded the Hakimi Sect and learned that Nagato and Konan had revived the Akatsuki in the Land of Rain. Liao Wu left the sect’s affairs to Candy and set off with Snow Leopard to capture Nagato and Konan.

• Danzo ordered Ryoma to watch the Uchiha and seek evidence that they were conspiring with Uchiha Ryobu, then agreed to meet Shinnō.
• Liao Wu planted the Waterfall Tree at the Hakimi Sect, raised the sect into the air, and used Yachihoko to control Tsunade after she tried to attack him.
• Candy presented the territories ceded by the Five Great Shinobi Nations, and Liao Wu ordered White Zetsu to plant forests and declared that the sect would move to Rōran.
• Snow Leopard told Liao Wu that the Akatsuki had reappeared in the Land of Rain and was sheltering civilians under Nagato and Konan.
• Liao Wu left the Hakimi Sect’s affairs to Candy and took Snow Leopard toward the Land of Rain to capture Nagato and Konan.

Minato agreed to take over as Hokage while he and Kushina promised to care for Naruto and find Anrokuzan so Naruto could return to his timeline. In the Land of Rain, Akatsuki struggled to feed and treat refugees, and Nagato’s news that Uchiha Ryobu had appeared in the Land of Wind left Konan trembling.

• Minato told Kushina that the Second Hokage wanted him to take over as Hokage after Tsunade was captured by Liao Wu again.
• Kushina and Minato agreed to search for Anrokuzan and let Naruto stay with them while they looked for a way to remove his Dragon Vein seal.
• Konan treated sick refugees while Akatsuki distributed food and medicine in the Land of Rain.
• Great Buddha warned that Akatsuki’s supplies would last less than two days, so Nagato and Konan proposed earning money through bounty missions and medical work.
• Nagato reported that Uchiha Ryobu had appeared in the Land of Wind, and Konan trembled as the others reassured her that they had escaped his control.

Ryobu subdued Nagato and the Akatsuki members with Adamantine Sealing, then confronted Konan over her decision to leave his side. He bound her and used Yachihoko to place a seal on her, and Konan realized Ryobu had caused the full moon to become a Red Moon.

• Ryobu appeared and used Adamantine Sealing to immobilize Nagato and the Akatsuki members, leaving Konan unsealed.
• Ryobu revealed himself to Konan, while the Snow Leopard dragged Nagato and the others away.
• Ryobu restrained Konan with vines and carried her into her room, where he demanded to know why she had betrayed him.
• Konan said she had chosen to leave because she and Nagato no longer wanted to be involved in Uchiha affairs.
• Ryobu used Yachihoko to control Konan, and she recognized its pattern as the one linked to the Red Moon.

Liao Wu decided to make the Land of Rain his capital and take responsibility for its refugees, while using his power to improve the region. He summoned the Hakimi Sect and declared that the eastern Land of Wind and the Land of Rain would unite as the Land of U.

• Liao Wu concluded that the Sage of Six Paths or Hamura had stopped him from using the moon to control the Whole Ninja World, so he chose to follow their rules and claim territory instead.
• Konan learned that the Yachihoko Mark let Liao Wu control her body, and she questioned him about his plans for the Land of Rain and his recent conquests.
• Liao Wu agreed to settle the people of the Land of Rain and decided to establish his capital at the site of Amegakure rather than Rōran.
• Liao Wu told Candy to bring the Hakimi Sect to the Land of Rain, and a gigantic island appeared above the refugee district.
• Liao Wu declared that the eastern Land of Wind and the Land of Rain would become one nation called the Land of U.

Liao Wu and the ninja cats chose Amegakure as the Land of U’s capital while news of his victory over the Five Great Shinobi Nations spread through the Ninja World. In response to the division of the Land of Wind, the Third Kazekage led Sunagakure’s villagers and ninjas out of their homeland toward a new village in an oasis.

• Fish Ball punished Nagato for abandoning his post while the ninja cats took over Akatsuki’s work of transporting supplies and sheltering refugees.
• Liao Wu and the ninja cats decided to rebuild Amegakure as the capital and construct a Tenshukaku under a shogunate system.
• News of Liao Wu’s negotiations and territorial gains spread, and the Rogue Ninjas gained a brief reprieve as the Ninja Sect focused on him.
• The Third Kazekage chose to move Sunagakure from East Wind to West Wind rather than submit to Liao Wu or merge with the Ninja Sect.
• Sakumo Squad helped Sunagakure’s villagers carry their belongings across the desert, while Hong and Asuma argued about Liao Wu and Asuma’s plans to grow stronger with Enma.